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    What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?

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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    09/27/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    I'm dropping my vote for The Cult of Ray. Has its own theme song and everything.
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    09/27/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    In all seriousness, the first tenet of a PKD-based religion would be "No matter what you believe, the truth is infinitely stranger." The second tenet would be "If it was true yesterday, it might not be true today."

    The guy must have had serious OCD.
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    09/27/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    I'd join Phillip K Dick's whacko space cult.
    Hey, at least he's a GOOD sci-fi author.
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    09/26/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    While more fantasy genre than sci-fi, St. Paul had some kick-ass shit.
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    Image of ceti ceti
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    Ursula K. Leguin hands down for a well developed faith/philosophy as well as ideology. In fact, EARTHSEA is an acronym I use to describe my spiritual beliefs.
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    Oh, and I don't know if he counts as a "sci-fi writer", but how about Moore and his little pal Glycon?
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    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    Roddenberry, of course. And, um, there's another guy who came up with some idea of an all-powerful force that [somethings] us together... Wish I could remember his name...
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    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    Cripes, why didn't I think of this before? Gaiman. He's been leading up to this his whole career (and, coincidentally or not, was raised as a Scientologist)
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    09/26/09

    @Wookie1972: Gaiman + Pratchett, tag team extraordinaire.
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    09/27/09

    @_momo_:
    Yeah, but Gaiman & Pratchett were just borrowing from John of Patmos (via Richard Donner)
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    Image of Nebris Nebris
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    PS There's only a single P in 'worshiped'.
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    09/25/09

    @Nebris: Nope. I actually checked beforehand.
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    Image of Nebris Nebris
    09/25/09

    @Nebris: Hmmmm four different Spell Checks said no.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/25/09

    @Nebris: But it is an improper use of the subjunctive.

    Sorry, I know its an archaic rarely utilized tense but whenever I read/hear it my head explodes a little.
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    09/25/09

    @Nebris: Either one is correct.
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    09/25/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: "an improper use of the subjunctive" which then of course migrated into the various Spell Checks precisely because it is "an archaic rarely utilized tense." *sigh* Why does this not surprise me?
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    09/25/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: OK. *happy grin*
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    Image of Cartman86 Cartman86
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    My favorite thing to think about is that there is someone who has posted in this topic or you can ask the same question to and they will say "Oh yeah isn't it crazy how religions forms? So silly." And yet they will probably think that their own Christian/Islam/Mormon/Jewish or whatever "popular" religion as totally normal and rational.
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    09/25/09

    @Cartman86: Well, that's the thing. Everybody takes it for granted that their own way of thinking, whether it's a religion, or another sort of worldview (e.g. Western Economics), is perfectly sane and rational.

    It's only when our worldviews bump up against different worldviews, or against reality itself, that we start to question them (or try to defend them).
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    What would it be like? Well, for starters, Travolta never would have made Battlefield Earth, and Chef wouldn't have been written out of South Park.
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    09/25/09

    @Purple Dave: until Isaac Hayes died of course.
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    09/25/09

    @Purple Dave:
    Would Travolta have made a big budget version of Ubik instead? Wow, I think we dodged a bullet there.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    09/25/09

    @KhaiJB:
    Nah, if he hadn't gotten caught up in Scientology, he wouldn't have been all stressed out, so he would have either not had or at least survived his stroke. Ergo, Chef would still be around.
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    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    I've always assumed that Riverworld is an accurate depiction of the afterlife. Or at least hoped. Free food, good swimming, eternal youth, getting to meet all your favorite figures from history. The only downside is sometimes Visigoths or Mayans come around and enslave you but other than that its paradise.
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    09/25/09

    @AvenueOfTheStrongest: I have to admit, that's a pretty cool heaven. You actually have the potential to hook up with your favorite famous person because if you live forever you have time on your side. And imagine all the things you could learn.
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    09/25/09

    @LittleDragon: That's an afterlife worth living.
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    Image of PhebeDisco PhebeDisco
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    Robert Heinline's Stranger in a Strange Land actually inspired The Church of All Worlds.
    (http://www.caw.org/)
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    Image of PercivalScrofa PercivalScrofa
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    Um, he kind of is....

    http://www.palmtreegarden.org/about.php

    "We take our inspiration and our image from the words of Gnostic Prophet Philip K. Dick, and establish the Palm Tree Garden in his name and in his honor."
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    Image of Biku Biku
    09/25/09

    In reply to What If Philip K. Dick Was Worshipped As A Prophet Instead Of L. Ron Hubbard?
    I nominate Octavia Butler, because then we can pretty much go on the way we've been going, only _awesomer_.

    And with less religion! Unless you count Doro. And even he was mostly hands-off. (Except of course when he was spectacularly hands-on.)
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